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Basic Hostility is a psychological concept first described by psychoanalyst Karen Horney. It is an effect of Basic Evil. Horney described it as a bad attitude which develops in the child as a result of Basic Evil, such as parental abuse. The child is mistreated and becomes angry, but can do nothing as he is dependent upon the very persons who mistreat him.